Packing machine



Jan. 3, 1928. 1,654,706

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racxme x aoanm Application filed Kay 20, 1927. Serial No. 192,908;

The invention relates to machines for the bed 3, being connected thereto as by the brackets 11. i 55 cans, boxes and the like in position 1 to be received within a carton and the object A sliding stop bar 12 is provided at the of the invention is to provide an apparatus endof the bed 3 to delay the feeding of the 5 which conveys the cans or other articles to cans to the bed plate 6 until the required I be packed to a table, which may be tilted,"to number of cans to form a complete row is in place the articles within the carton, autoposition. H 60 matic means being provided for successively In the form of the invention illustrated, I placing upon the table rows containing a detwelve cans are adapted to be packed in -a termined number of the cans or other articarton, three rows of four cans each-being cles, depending upon the size of the carton to successively moved into position to be be filled, means being provided for automatipacked. I V cally stopping the feeding mechanism when The sliding sto bar 12 is provided with the proper number of articles is placed upon the longitudinal s t 13 through which the Y the table. spaced studs 14, carried by the bracket 15,

An embodiment of the invention is illusare located. trated in the accompanying drawings, in A spring 16 is connected to a pin 17. at whi h 1 the outer end of the sliding stop bar and to a Figure 1 is a top plan view of the imlug-18 upon the inner end portion of the 20 proved king machine; I bracket 15 to normally hold-the'stop bar in Fig. 2, atransverse section on the line 2-2, the position shown in Fig. 1, preventing Fig. 1; movement of the can shown at A until the 7 Fig. 3, a partial top plan view with the stop bar is released; I bed plate and table removed; The outer end of the stop bar 12 is ru- Fig. 4, an end elevation of the machine; vided with. a slotted eye.19 throu h which is located one end portion of a ro 20' havand in the .hooked free end as shown at 21. 0

Fig. 5, a rear elevation.

'ls refer to similar parts he opposite end of the rod 20 is --pivot- Similar numera ally connected to a pivoted releasing lever 21 throughout the drawings.

e supported upon a which is pivotally mounted at its outer end,

The mechanism may pair of spaced side frames 1 and 2i1a bed 3 as at'22 upon a bracket 23 supported from being supported at one end upon t e frame one side ofthe bed'3, the inner free end of 2 and supported in any suitable and well the lever being arranged tobe projected into known manner at its opposite end. the path of the cans traveling upon the end-- 35 An endless conveyer belt 4 is arranged to less conveyer belt.

travel, in the direction of the arrow shown in A spring 24 is connected to an eye 25 at'the Fi 5, upon the top of the bed 3 and over the outer end of the lever 21 and to a similar be plate 6, which is carried by the frame eye 26 upon the bracket 23 for normally members 1 and 2. holding the lever 21 in the dotted line posi- 40 This belt passes around a pulley 7, jourtion shown in Fig. 1.

naled in bearing brackets 8 carried by the A bracket 27 is mounted upon the side of frame 1, and then passes back beneat the the bed 3 between the bracket 23 and the bed and over a similar pulley (not shown sliding stop bar 12 and has pivoted thereon at the entrance end of the machine; Either a setting lever 28 adapted to set the releasof these pulleys may be driven in any usual ing lever 21 in position for operation. These and well known manner. levers are connected-together by a link 29.

The cans or boxes to be packed are indi- The machine as illustrated is adapted to .100

cated at 9 and are placed upon the conveyer pack twelve cans in position for lacement belt 4 at the entrance end of the same and in the carton. This is accomplishe by placcarried toward the opposite end thereof. ing three rows of four cans each in position For the purpose of guiding the cans as as will be later described.

' they are carried upon the conveyer belt, side As shown in Fig. 1, four cans are located 106 rails 10 may b9 aa d upon each Side of upon the conveyer belt over the bed plate 6 and beyond the stop finger 1Q. Until these cans have been moved laterally, upon the tilting table 30, into the position of the 'ro'wl of cans indicated at B, the remaining cans upon the conveyer belt are held against movement by the sliding stop bar 12'.

In order to move each' row of four cans laterally from the conveyor belt onto the tilting table, a reciprocating frame 31'is provided having the angularfouter end-32 andthe rearwardly disposed arm 33 at its inner end, said arm having the reduced or notched extremity '34 adapted to be engaged by the hook 21 of therod as will be later described.

-This frame is provided with a pair of spaced rearwardly extending guide rods 35 mounted for reciprocation through thebearings .36 upon the bed plate. 6. These guide rods are connected together at their rear extremities bvthe bar 37, to the central por-' tion of 'wiich is pivotally connected the upper end of. a lever 38, fulcrumed at its lower end as at 39iupon ,a' link 40 pivotally of the reciprocating frame connected as at 41 to a brace bar 42-mounted upon the .side frames 1 and 2'. I A; cam 43 is fixed upon the shaft 44, jour- "naledin bearings 45 carried by the side frames. The lever 38 is normally held-in contact with the periphery of the cam by means of a spring 46.

A pulley 47 is mounted'upon the cam shaft 44and maybe driven from any suit-.- able source of power as by the belt 48. As, the cam shaft is thus continuously rotated the reciprocating frame 31 will normally be continuously reclproeated.

For the purpose of stoppin reci 'rocation when t e tilting table. 30 has been filled with cans,'a stop finger49 is provided upon the lever 38 for engagement with the stop lug 50 upon the cross bar 51. This stop finger 49 is nor,- mally held out of engagement with the stop lug 50 by means of the bellcrank 52 pivoted as at 53 upon the cross bar- 51.

The depending arm 54 of the bell crank lever is provided with theinclined lower end 55 arranged to be normally engaged-by the curved pin 56- carried by the lever 57. This lever ispivoted near its inner end as at 58 to a bar 59 connected to the cross braces 60 of the side frame 2. The-outer end of this lever is connected to a link 61 pivotally connected toa depending post 62 unpn the inner end portion of. the tilting I normally held inhorizontal position by the This table is hinged to the side frames 1 and 2, substantially at its longitudinal center as indicated at 63 and arranged to be spring 64 connected to the outer end of the lever 57 and to the lower portion of one of the legs of the side frame 2 An air cylinder 65 may be pivotally consto n elongated pin'88 is connected to the nected at its. lower end to one of the cross pieces 60, asindicated at 66,*the'piston 67 thereof being pivotally' connected to the lever 57 as shown at 68 in order to cushion the downward movement of the lever 57.

A short lever- 69 is pivoted at its outer end to the inner "portion of the lever 57 as p T shownat 70. This lever is normally held down in engagement with the cam 71, upon the camshaft 44, by means of the spring 72 which is connected to a pin 73 upon the under side of the lever 69 and to an elongated pin 74 depending from the inner end "of the lever 57.

The stop mechanism above described is designed for holding the reciprocating frame against movement during the time the" table 30' is tilted to remove the filledcarton. For the parpose of automatically.

stopping the movement of the reciprocating frame as soon as-the proper number of cans, to fill a carton, are placed upon the tilting table, a'stop mechanism is provided comprising a bent lever 75. pivoted intermediate its ends, as at 76 to the side frame 1 and adapted to be rocked by means of the sliding bar 77 mounted for reciprocation beneath the ti'ltingtable 30. This bar may beprovided with the elongated slots 78 which receive the bolts 79 protruding from portion of the bent lever 75, whereby an outward pull upon the bar 77 will rock the lever upon its pivotal point 76.

The inner end portion of the lever 75 may be slidably supported upon the supporting bar 85, and pivotally mounted upon the inner extremity of said levcr as at 86 is the lever 87 inner end of the stoplever and a'pull spring 89 is connected to the extremity of said pin' and to the'lever 75 as'shown at 90.

v A pull spring 91' is connected to the outer 7 end portion of the lever 87 at one end, the" other extremity of the spring being connect-g ed to the side frame 1 as'shown at 92, tending to normally hold sition shown in Fig.3.

With the partsin the normal position, as shown in Fig. 3, it'will be seenthat the stop lever 87 is normally held out of the path of the rocklever 38 which operates the reciprocating frame 31, 'and the ivoted stop finger a uponv as we a a am a? the lever 87 in the po- I stop lug 50 by means of the bell crank52,

. will be stopped by the can the arrow shown in Fig.

i the edge of the guide bar 93, Ma point opposite into engagement with to the upturned end' 80 of the sliding bar 77 for a purpose hereinafter described.

In the operation of the apparatus, the cans, or other articles to be packed, aremoved upon the conveyer belt 4 in the direction of 1. The sliding stop bar 12 is in theposition shown in this figure and the first can is stopped by-the same in the position shown atA. 5 1

The next three cans to passalong the belt shown at A. The fifth can, shown at C, will engage the setting lever 28 and move itfrom otted line position to thefull line position shown in Fig. 1'.

This movement of the settin lever will,

through-the link 29, move the re easing lever 21 from the dotted line to the full line posithe conveyer tion, permitting the next can following upon to engage the releasing lever and move the same still further, sliding the rod 20 throu n the 100 19 and moving the hook 21 into t e path 0 the angular notched end34 of the reciprocatin frame.

Upon the next rearwar movement of the reciprocating frame, the hooked end 21 of the rod 20 is engaged by the notched end of the frame and the sliding stop bar 12 is I pulled rearward "out of the path of the cans.

Aand A are then The four cans shown at moved over the bed plate into the position shown at D.

Upon the next forward movement of the. reciprocating frame 31, these four cans are osition shown at e tilting table 30.

This operation is continued until three rows of four cans have been placed upon the tilting table, each succeeding row of cans pushing the next preceding row forward upon the table.

moved laterally into the B, being deposited upon t As the third row of cans is moved upon-the table, the second can from the right in the first row will en age the upturned end of the sliding bar 77, sliding the bar forward and rocking the lever 75 upon its pivot 76,

. carrying thestop lever 87 across the path of the rock lever 38. r

The notch 96 is provided in the guide bar 93- to permitthe adjacent can in the third A in the positions been placed upon the table. 2. 7 including a table, a a point adjacent to the table, a reciprocating ff 3 the articles from the conta le, and means operated by the articles upon the table for 1.115 etermined number of ar- A frame for movin row to be seated squarely upon the tilting table.

The operation is thus stopped,

ward position.

of the reciprocating1 frame with the frame in t A'carton is then placed, in

inverted position, over the twelve cans upon ly to permit the carton,- with-the cans therein, to be removed right side up.

As the table 30 is tilted, the link 61 will pull the lever 57 11 Ward at its forward end, moving the curve gagemen-t with the beveled lower end-of the arm 54 upon the bell crank 52,

The bell crank is thus permitted to drop thestop plate 97 low-i 49, upon the reek-1e ering the pivoted fin er ver 38, permitting stop lug 50. r

.the tilting table and the table tilted'forward- I pin 56 down out of genthe same to engage .the

The reciprocating frame thus be held against'movement during the. time that the table 30 is tilted. When the" tilting table is moved back to the normal position," the lever 57 is brought back almost .to the normal position and as the cam 71 .en ages. the lever 69, thepull upon the spring 2' is sufiicient to bring the lever 57 back entirely into the normal position, moving the curved pin 56 back into engagement with the lower beveled end of the bell crank 52, raisingthe same and moving the pivoted finger 49 out of engagement with the stop lug '50, permitting "the reciprocating rack to again continuets as above described. v

regular reciprocation I claim 1. A packing conveyer for movingarticles to be packed to a point adjacent to thetable, a reciprocating frame for moving the articles from the conveyer ontothe table, and means for autoframe matically stopping the. reciprocating machine including a table, a

when a predetermined'number of articleshas packing machine conveyer for movinga'rticles to be packed to veyer onto the the placing of automatically sto frame when a pre ticles has been placed upon the table.

ping the reciprocating 3. A packing machine including a table, a I

conveyer for movmg'articles to be packed to a int adjacent to the table, a reci rocating rame for moving a'predetermine number of articles ata time from the conveyer onto the table and means for stopping the reciprocating frame when a number of articles has been p table.

4. A packing in chine including a table, a conveyer aoed upon the for moving articles to be packed to a pointadjacent to the table, a reci rocating. frame for moving a number redetermined l of articles at a time from the conveyer onto the table and means operated by the placing of the articles upon the table for stopping the reciprocating frame when a predetermined number of articles has been placed upon the table. v I I 5. Apacking machinedncluding a tilting table, a conveyer for moving articlesto be.

packed to a point adjacent to the table, a reciprocating frame for movin the articles from the conveyer onto the tab e, and means controlled by the tilting of the table for stopping the reciprocation of the framef 6. A packing machine including'a tilting table, a conveyer for moving artlcles to be packed to a point adjacent to the table, a reciprocating frame for moving the articles .1 from the conveyer onto'the table, a continuously rotating cam for "reciprocating said frame and means controlled by the'tilt ng of the tab tact with the cam.

7. A packing machine including a table, a

- conveyer for moving articles to be packed Lo a point adjacent to the table, a reciprocating frame for moving the articles from the conveyer onto the table; a continuously rotating cam for reciprocating said frame, and

means; for automatically holding the frame out of contaetwith the cam when a predetermined number of articles'has been placed upon the table. 8. A packing machineincluding a table, a conveyer for moving articles tobe-packed to 1e for holding the frame out of con- .erated by t 'the table for stopping the reciprocating etermined number of ar-v a point adjacent to the table, a reciprocating 'frame for movin the'articles from the conveyer'onto the ta le, a continuously rotating cam for reciprocating said frame, and means operated by theplacing of the articles upon the table for automatically holding the frame out of contact with the cam when a predetermined number of articles has been placed upon the table.

9-.1A packing machineincluding a table, a conveyer formoving articles to be packed to a point adjacent to the table, a sto for normally holding the articles away rom said point, a' reciprocating frame for moving the articles from the conveyer onto the table and meanscontrolled by the movement oi the articles upon the conveyer for operatively connecting the stop to the reciprocating frame for operating the stop to release a predetermined number of articles at a. time.

' 10. A packing machine including a tilting table, a conveyer for moving articles to be packed to a point adjacent'to-the table, a reciprocating frame'for moving the articles from said ploint onto the table, means ope placing of the articles upon frame when a pre ticles has been placedu on the table, and

.means operated by the tilting of the table for holding the frame against movement;

In testimony that I claim the above, I'have hereunto subscribed my name. p p OTTO A. SCHOEN. 

